NewsWhore
06-29-2007, 04:20 PM
The Dominican government and the agriculture industry have signed a strategic alliance with the US Supermarkets Association, to pave the way for more Dominican agricultural products to be sold to US consumers. The Association has 428 members and imports more than US$3 billion in produce annually. The agreement was signed yesterday between the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD), the Dominican Agricultural Council (JAD) and the Supermarkets Association, during the 2007 Farm Produce Fair being held at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel through 30 June. The JAD also signed an agreement with the Hunts Point Farmers Market in New York. Hunts Point is the biggest produce terminal in the US with more than 600 produce buyers converging from all around the globe.
The agreement was signed within the framework provided by the DR-CAFTA agreement. Osmar Benitez, executive vice president of the JAD, said that Dominican agriculture producers are aware that production costs, the cost of money and energy, transportation and inputs need to be reduced to make their exports more competitive, as reported in Hoy.
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The agreement was signed within the framework provided by the DR-CAFTA agreement. Osmar Benitez, executive vice president of the JAD, said that Dominican agriculture producers are aware that production costs, the cost of money and energy, transportation and inputs need to be reduced to make their exports more competitive, as reported in Hoy.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)